Top 20 Songs from My 20s
In my early 20s, I was at the pinnacle of my musical taste and acumen.
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I Became an Entrepreneur (Top 5 Accomplishments of My 20s)
See Accomplishment #1, #2, and #3. When I was four, I overhear a word my parents said that would change my life: entrepreneur “What’s an entrepreneur?” I said (remember I was four). “It’s someone who starts a business.” “That’s what I want to do. I want to be an entrepreneur,” I said. Really. I’m not making that…
I Became a Dad (Top 5 Accomplishments of My 20s)
Talia is telling me these posts need to be shorter or I'm never going to finish, so I'll just say this: When I was 27, I became a father. Being a father is messy, stress-inducing, sleep-depriving, and often frustrating. And yet it's made me a better man. I am more responsible, more trustworthy, more productive, and an altogether better person after becoming a father.
I Became a Writer (Top 5 Accomplishments of My 20s)
I first thought about becoming a writer when I was sixteen or seventeen. I was lying in bed too late in the morning reading A Tale of Two Cities. For some reason, that question popped into my head. You know the one: "What are you going to be when you grow up?"
I Got Married (Top 5 Accomplishments of My 20s)
When I was 13 years old, I couldn’t imagine waiting until I was in my twenties to get married. This was both because I was a romantic and because I was raised to believe that you shouldn’t have sex until you got married. At 13, I couldn’t imagine waiting seven or more years to have sex (twenty,…
Top 10 Cafés of My 20s
Today is the last day of my 20s. And so I'm doing a café crawl, going to all the coffee shops I can and writing blog posts… basically what I've been doing for the last six years of my life (I can't tell if that sounds more braggy or embarrassing, but it is true). My 20s were filled with cafés. At 20 years old, never having spent much time in a coffee shop before, I discovered I loved the atmosphere of coffee shops. And so this is a list of the top 10 cafés and coffee shops of my 20s.
Café Crawl: Inman Perk
I’m at Inman Perk. There are actually two Inman Perks, though, and this is the one in Atlanta, not the one in Gainesville, Georgia, where I went nearly every day from age 25 to 28.
I hated myself in Paris
It is, as you know by now, the last day of my 20s. I'm sitting at one of the blue tables outside of Carroll Street Café, where I come almost every day. I'm thinking about Paris.
Café Crawl: Octane
It's the last day of my 20s, and I'm doing a café crawl. Because I'm an introverted writer and coffee shops are my true home. I'm here at Octane, my second café of the morning.
I’m afraid of getting older
Today is the last day of my twenties. Tomorrow I will be 30. The big three-zero. And I’m kind of afraid. I am not the kind of person that fears growing older normally. Here’s why: Age brings wisdom. Your top earning years are 55 to 60. Who do you trust more? Someone in their 20s or someone in…